retaule

Catalan

Etymology

Contraction of rere taula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈtaw.lə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈtaw.le]

Noun

retaule m (plural retaules)

reredos, retable (screen or decoration behind the altar in a church)
(figurative) scene, scenery
- 2020 October 9, Josep Ramoneda, “I després de Trump, què?”, in El País‎:
  La pandèmia, inesperadament, ha posat davant nostre un retaule de situació.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“retaule” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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